| class Name | c for class lowercase; name begins with uppercase; no spaces | |
| { } | opening and closing brace at the beginning and end of class | |
| main method heading | public static void main(String[] args) Spelt correctly ? |
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| {} | opening and closing brace at the beginning and end of main | |
| variable declarations | Have I used the correct type for each and spelt it correctly | |
| type followed by name. No spaces in the name. No illegal characters | ||
| variable names in statements that use them, same as when declared | ||
| constant declarations | final followed by type followed by a name and assigned a value | |
| System.out.print/println() | Capital S; print or println used as needed | |
| Message in inverted commas; | ||
| Variable names correct;concatenation (+) used between messages and variables | ||
| using the class Scanner for input | import statement at the top of the program
Scanner class statement correct method used(does it match the type of the variable) , and spelt correctly. varName = sc.nextInt(); or varName = sc.nextDouble(); (where sc is the name of the variable in the Scanner statement) |
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| if statement | Is condition expressed correctly and inside brackets ? | |
| Correct operator/s used (eg == for equal ) | ||
| Opening and closing brace around a block of code; |